diff --git a/examples/rust/Cargo.lock b/examples/rust/Cargo.lock
index e7a5538c..83d6a8c4 100644
--- a/examples/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.81"
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -140,6 +149,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf4b9d6a944f767f8e5e0db018570623c85f3d925ac718db4e06d0187adb21c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -158,6 +173,15 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.38"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a21f936df1771bf62b77f047b726c4625ff2e8aa607c01ec06e5a05bd8463401"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -192,6 +216,28 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ce7134b9999ecaf8bcd65542e436736ef32ddca1b3e06094cb6ec5755203b80"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -285,6 +331,18 @@ version = "0.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -382,10 +440,13 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "indoc"
-version = "2.0.5"
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b248f5224d1d606005e02c97f5aa4e88eeb230488bcc03bc9ca4d7991399f2b5"
+checksum = "b1c173a5686ce8bfa551b3563d0c2170bf24ca44da99c7ca4bfdab5418c3fe57"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
@@ -408,6 +469,12 @@ version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.11"
@@ -462,6 +529,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "multimap"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "defc4c55412d89136f966bbb339008b474350e5e6e78d2714439c386b3137a03"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -516,12 +598,59 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pbjson"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1030c719b0ec2a2d25a5df729d6cff1acf3cc230bf766f4f97833591f7577b90"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pbjson-build"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2580e33f2292d34be285c5bc3dba5259542b083cfad6037b6d70345f24dcb735"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.1",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pbjson-types"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "18f596653ba4ac51bdecbb4ef6773bc7f56042dc13927910de1684ad3d32aa12"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "chrono",
+ "pbjson",
+ "pbjson-build",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4c5cc86750666a3ed20bdaf5ca2a0344f9c67674cae0515bec2da16fbaa47db"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.5"
@@ -560,6 +689,16 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prettyplease"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d3928fb5db768cb86f891ff014f0144589297e3c6a1aba6ed7cecfdace270c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.79"
@@ -579,6 +718,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost-derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-build"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80b776a1b2dc779f5ee0641f8ade0125bc1298dd41a9a0c16d8bd57b42d222b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "log",
+ "multimap",
+ "once_cell",
+ "petgraph",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "regex",
+ "syn",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
 version = "0.12.4"
@@ -586,7 +746,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19de2de2a00075bf566bee3bd4db014b11587e84184d3f7a791bc17f1a8e9e48"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
@@ -646,9 +806,38 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c117dbdfde9c8308975b6a18d71f3f385c89461f7b3fb054288ecf2a2058ba4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86b83b8b9847f9bf95ef68afb0b8e6cdb80f498442f5179a29fad448fcc1eaea"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.17.8"
@@ -670,6 +859,19 @@ version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.22.3"
@@ -730,6 +932,12 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "80af6f9131f277a45a3fba6ce8e2258037bb0477a67e610d3c1fe046ab31de47"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schannel"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -751,7 +959,7 @@ version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "770452e37cad93e0a50d5abc3990d2bc351c36d0328f86cefec2f2fb206eaef6"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -770,32 +978,46 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.197"
+version = "1.0.203"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3fb1c873e1b9b056a4dc4c0c198b24c3ffa059243875552b2bd0933b1aee4ce2"
+checksum = "7253ab4de971e72fb7be983802300c30b5a7f0c2e56fab8abfc6a214307c0094"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.197"
+version = "1.0.203"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
+checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.117"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "455182ea6142b14f93f4bc5320a2b31c1f266b66a4a5c858b013302a5d8cbfc3"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sift"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/sift-stack/sift#2d2177e474d6f5cad95dcaddbd06a351dd726e18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/sift-stack/sift#d0e150f76401cf32a583ac200de7639b3a5fd9f0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "pbjson",
+ "pbjson-types",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
+ "serde",
  "tonic",
 ]
 
@@ -806,9 +1028,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "dotenv",
- "indoc",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "sift",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -878,6 +1101,18 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85b77fafb263dd9d05cbeac119526425676db3784113aa9295c88498cbf8bff1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.58"
diff --git a/examples/rust/Cargo.toml b/examples/rust/Cargo.toml
index 7f10250f..2f7819e0 100644
--- a/examples/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
 async-trait = "0.1.79"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
-indoc = "2.0.5"
 prost = "0.12.4"
 prost-types = "0.12.4"
+serde = "1.0.203"
+serde_json = "1.0.117"
 sift = { git = "https://github.com/sift-stack/sift", version = "0.1.0" }
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/rust/src/main.rs b/examples/rust/src/main.rs
index ba6ff340..06baca54 100644
--- a/examples/rust/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/rust/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use dotenv::dotenv;
-use indoc::writedoc;
+use serde_json;
 use std::{env, io::Write, process::ExitCode, str::FromStr};
 use tonic::{metadata::MetadataValue, transport::Channel, Request};
 
@@ -76,28 +76,8 @@ async fn run() -> Result<()> {
     let mut buffer = Vec::new();
 
     for annotation in &annotations {
-        writedoc! {
-            buffer,
-            "
-            Annotation ID: {}
-                Name: {}
-                Description: {}
-                State: {}
-                Type: {}
-                Created at: {}
-                Modified at: {}
-                Created by rule condition ID: {}
-
-            ",
-            annotation.annotation_id,
-            annotation.name,
-            annotation.description,
-            annotation.state().as_str_name(),
-            annotation.annotation_type().as_str_name(),
-            annotation.created_date.as_ref().map(|t| t.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(String::new),
-            annotation.modified_date.as_ref().map(|t| t.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(String::new),
-            annotation.created_by_condition_id.as_deref().unwrap_or(""),
-        }?;
+        let annotation_json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(annotation)?;
+        writeln!(&mut buffer, "{annotation_json}")?;
     }
 
     let out = String::from_utf8(buffer)?;
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 04f09617..077c7112 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pbjson = "0.6.0"
 pbjson-types = "0.6.0"
 prost = "0.12.4"
 prost-types = "0.12.4"
-serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.203" }
 tonic = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["tls", "tls-roots", "tls-webpki-roots"] }
 
 [features]